MICHIGANHackingHealthcareHealthcarePHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDHighContained

Sterling Area Health Center

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Apr 15, 2021

To disclose

—

Affected

3,336

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for Sterling Area Health Center →

Sterling Area Health Center reported to HHS on 2021-04-15 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 3336 individuals. Breached information located on Network Server. The incident involved a business associate subject to a hacking attack. PHI included names, addresses, driver's license numbers, medications, and clinical information. The CE terminated its business relationship with the BA, revised policies, and retrained employees.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS notified

⚠ no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.

⚠ No discovery dateThe OCR public portal omits the discovery date, so the 60-day notification clock cannot be evaluated from this source — only that the filing was submitted.

Incident timeline — partial

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Breach window unknown

Apr 15, 2021

Filed

No interval is drawn: no breach start or discovery date is on record for this filing.

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed3,336 affectedView incident

Name: Sterling Area Health Center
norm: sterling area health center
Domain: sterlinghealth.net
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Sterling Area Health Center
norm: sterling area health center
Domain: sterlinghealth.net
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 3,336nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government ID
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Network server
Covered-entity type: Healthcare providerBusiness associate involved
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: The CE notified HHS
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Terminated its business relationship with its BA
Revised its policies and procedures
Retrained its employees
Changes made: Revised its policies and procedures
Retrained its employees
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: HHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: not extracted
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: not extracted → Notified: not extracted	—	regulatory submission	HHS notified

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claim

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filingThis record

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.

Source URL: https://ocrportal.hhs.gov/ocr/breach/breach_report.jsf
DisclosureLens renders the full SEC/HHS filing inline below from the originating regulator’s public record (§4.5 fair report privilege).
Filed at: Apr 15, 2021
Raw hash: 54719bad2a8cae8262e90ef641bf5236e9b3a60aa43ce677a4d432b0457a510f

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Reporting entitySterling Area Health Center

Victim entitySterling Area Health Center

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseTerminated its business relationship with its BA

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing